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Tense

Tenses

Tenses play a crucial role in the English language. It denotes the time an action takes place, whether sometime in the past, in the present or will take some time in the future.



From a general view of tenses, this module will go on to discuss each tense in detail with examples and also New way to learn Tense with Examples and Exercises. The table below gives a glimpse of the way tenses are used using the verb 'play'

Past   

Present    

Future

Simple

Played (verb+ed)

Plays (verb+s)    

will/shall play (will/shall+verb)

Perfect 

had played (had+past participle)   

has/have played (has/have+past participle) 

will/shall have played(will/shall+past participle)

Continuous

was/were playing(was/were+verb+ing)

is/am/are playing(is/am/are+verb+ing) 

will/shall be playing(will/shall be+verb+ing)

Perfect Continuous 

had been playing (had been+verb+ing)

has/have been playing(has/have been+verb+ing)  

will/shall have been playing(will/shall have been+verb+ing)